8
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
8
void(verb, stop, take, withdraw, abandon)
7
abandon(verb, stop, decline, reject, dismiss)
7
contradict(verb, take, decline, reject, oppose)
7
countermand(verb, stop, take, discharge, dismiss)
7
forsake(verb, decline, reject, oppose, dismiss)
7
reject(verb, decline, dismiss, abandon, refuse)
7
relinquish(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse)
7
unsay(verb, take, withdraw, deny, cancel)
6
resign(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, refuse)
5
abnegate(verb, take, decline, reject, oppose)
5
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
5
decline(verb, reject, oppose, abandon, refuse)
5
disallow(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
5
discard(verb, stop, decline, reject, discharge)
5
give up(verb, expression, reject, withdraw, abandon)
5
ignore(verb, stop, discharge, withdraw, abandon)
5
invalidate(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, restore)
5
refute(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
5
reverse(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, deny)
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